An exhibition honoring the “father” of the University is on display at Wilson Library through June 30. Nearly 50 artifacts, images, books and documents relating to William Richardson Davie can be seen in the library’s North Carolina Collection… read more
The University came to life Feb. 12, 1795. That day Hinton James arrived as the first student for what are said to have been the first classes held at a state university in America. Two centuries later, the GAA celebrates students this week by… read more
“October has come again,” wrote Thomas Wolfe ’20. read more
Harvey Elliott Beech ’52 (LLB), who became a legal and philanthropic legend and a staunch civil rights defender in more than 35 years of practicing law in Kinston and who kept his ties to Carolina strong — particularly with the GAA’s annual Black… read more
N.C. Memorial Hospital, which was created in the wake of World War II and whose name is meant to honor North Carolinians who died while serving in the U.S. armed forces, will mark the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II in an Aug. 15… read more
The Chapel Hill Museum is highlighting the life and times of a noted business and political leader in “Luther H. Hodges: The International Legacy of a North Carolina Statesman.” read more
Memorial Hall was so named as an honor, in part, to sons of the University who died in the Civil War. In Memorial’s renovation, the marble tablets bearing their names are being returned to their familiar spaces flanking the stage. Now, three alumni… read more
Chancellor James Moeser has told members of Cornelia Phillips Spencer’s family that he wants a campus committee to study the need for a new UNC award to honor women – an award that he says could be named to “honor the outstanding service given to… read more
Representatives of the University and the Chapel Hill community debated UNC’s perspective on its Reconstruction years in October in a two-day symposium sparked by a call to discontinue naming a distinguished women’s award for Cornelia Phillips… read more
The University dedicated a campus memorial honoring the late Sen. Paul Wellstone ’65 and his wife, Sheila, on Tuesday, helping mark the University’s 211th birthday. Earlier in the day, UNC observed University Day in ceremonies that included the… read more